Mammalia - Rodentia - Chinchillidae
Parent taxon: Lagostominae according to L. L. Rasia and A. M. Candela 2017
See also Bennett 1833 and McKenna and Bell 1997
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Lagostomus (Lagostomopsis) Lagostomus angustidens Lagostomus antiquus Lagostomus cavifrons Lagostomus compressidens Lagostomus debilis Lagostomus euplasius Lagostomus heterogenidens Lagostomus intermedius Lagostomus laminosus Lagostomus maximus Lagostomus minimus Lagostomus pretrichodactyla Lagostomus telenkechanum Lagostomus trichodactylus
Type: Lagostomus trichodactylus
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (24 collections), Bolivia (2), Brazil (1), Uruguay (2)
• Pliocene of Argentina (17)
• Montehermosan of Argentina (10)
• Miocene of Argentina (32), Bolivia (1)
Total: 89 collections including 106 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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